Lithodes antarcticus

Taxobox | name = "Lithodes antarcticus"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
subphylum = Crustacea
classis = Malacostraca
ordo = Decapoda
familia = Lithodidae
genus = Lithodes
species = "L. antarcticus"
binomial = "Lithodes antarcticus"
synonyms =

"Lithodes antarcticus", also known as the Chilean centolla, is a species of king crab, found off the Pacific coasts of South America, especially from Valdivia at 39º50' S to Cape Horn at 60º. It lives in the benthic zone at depths up to 150 m, but south of 40º it has been found at 600 m.

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* [http://seragro.cl/?a=749 Pesquera Melinka]
* [http://www.pesticideinfo.org/List_AquireAll.jsp?Species=5860 Southern king crab (Lithodes antarcticus) Toxicity Studies]